"Richard Kirkland: An Angel or a Hoax?" is the provocative title of historian Mac Wycoff's lecture for the Society program at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Camden High School Auditorium, Ehrenclou Drive, Camden.

For several months I have followed the debate about a new YMCA in Camden. To date, however, only City Council and the director of the YMCA in Columbia have formulated a plan to build and operate a new facility here. There are possible alternatives. Therefore, I am proposing the following as a means to accomplish the same objective:

Photo cutline -- Preparing For Open House -- Barbara Kelly, Donnie McLeod, and Hughie Brown prepare copies of their schedules for their parents to follow during Open House at Camden Junior High School.

Funeral service for Ronald Blanding, 63, of Scott Street in Camden, will be held Friday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. at Gordon Street Church of God, 1707 Gordon St., Camden, with burial in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Friends may visit at 1216 Belton Court.